The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-19 00:00:00

PIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS The Earl of Durham has returned an answer to the letters of Mr. Prout, as chairman of the deputation of the Westminster Reform Association. It will be found in an other column. Mr. Prout having laid before his Lordship the rules for the government of the Westminster Reform Society, and disclaimed, on the part of himself and the majority, the insincere and dangerous purposes avowed by some of those who took a prominent part in the proceed ings of the meeting at which the address was agreed on, his Lordship could no longer have any hesitation in receiv ing from him the address in question. Believing that the Society was instituted by honourable and conscientious men, honestly devoted to the cause of Reform, and of the true interests of the working classes, his Lordship felt himself called on, by a sense of justice, to distinguish between the Society itself and the individuals whose speeches led, in the first instance, to his refusal to re ceive the address. Lord Durham takes the opportunity of imploring the Society, at the present political crisis, to use their well earned influence with their fellow-coun trymen for the purpose of deprecating all violence and turbulent proceedings, and to draw the line cf distinction as broadly as possible between honest and sincere Re formers, and those who assume the character for other and pernicious designs. And here we may observe, that though it may be true, as Mr. Prout states, that "in the proceedings of public bodies it is impossible to prevent the expression of sentiments at variance with those entertained by a majority of the members ;" yet with submission to that gentleman, it is at all times, but more especially at a time when principles are openly avowed, not merely dan gerous to the peace of society, but subversive of the right of property itself, the dutyof sincere and honest Reformers, the instant these dangerous and anarchical principles are broached ;n their presence, to call en the Chairman as the organ of the majority, to vindicate the So ciety from the disgrace of sufferieg it to be inferred that by not reprobating they share such principles. By not adopting this course, the ultra-Radicals of the manu facturing towns of the north have identified themselves with the Reverend Mr. Stephens, Mr. Feargus O'Connor, Mr. Oastler, and others, who have endeavoured to excite the people to arson and bloodshed. The stand which the Birmingham Polital Union was at length driven to make against recommendations to violence, ought to have been made the instant the dangerous doctrines were first promul gated. Mr. O'Connell was quite justified in meeting the defence set tip by the ultra-Radicals of England, through their agent, or emissary in Dublin, that the sentimeuts con demned by the lion. and Learned Gentleman,though uttered by the speakers, were not the sentiments of the meetings, by the damning fact that no marks of reprobation on the part of the audiences accompanied the utterance of the horrid sentiments, and that it was an insult to common sense to pretend that the atrocious sen timents uttered by the Rev. Mr. Stephens were not shared by his audiences when he was the delegate of no fewer than thirty-six towns in the north of England. No large body can expect to be able to prevent the intruion of im proper persons ; but it is due to the character of the ma jority, as well as to society at Large, to let it be seen that the dangerous opinions and reprehensible c anduct of in dividuals are not countenanced by the rest. 'When honour able men have the misfortune of getting into bad company, they cannot blame those who, till better informed on the subject, are led to confound them with their associates. The presumption was so far against the Westminster Re form Association, that Lord Durham, without the expla nation which Mr. Prout gave him, could not with propriety have received their address ; and Mr. Prout is entitled to commendation for the fair and candid manner in which he gave it. But it may be as well in future to obviate the n:cessity of similar explanations, by adopting a course a the meeting calculated to leave no doubt as to the senti meats of the majority. —Morning Chronicle. COURT OFCoMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of business. THE NEW CITY POLICE FORCE. The LORD MAYOR, in answer to questions put and ob servations made by soma of the members relative to the usual appointment of constables on St. Thomas's Day, said it was desirable that it should be publicly known that, al though he had issued his precept for the election of the usual ward officers, it was cot intended that the constables so elected should be sworn in. There could be no objection to the gentlemen (elected in turn) who might wish to serre by substitute, presenting the names of those who they were desirous should represent them, in order that the wardmotes might approve of such substitutes ; but it was wished by the Court of Aldermen that a gentleman should not be called upon to pay ten pounds for a substitute, when his services were not likely to be called into action. The ❑ew police not yet having come into operation, it was not thought right by the Magistrates to abolish the old constitutional force until the efficiency of the new City police should be tested ; and the propriety of such resolution was already apparent, as there existed doubts whether the new force would be ready by the 25th, the day appointed for com mencing under the new Bill. He (the Lord Mayor) did not entertain any doubt at all upon the subject, and the citizens ought not to be alarmed, for, provided the new police were found to be efficient, the old ward officers would not be called out ; but supposing such a necessity to arise, it oould only be by his (the Lord Mayor's) precept ; and he should take care that the persons elected should have sufficient notice to enable them to have their substi tutes sworn in. A question having been asked in relation to a circular sent to each ward from the Police Committee, to consider the propriety of applying to the Court of Alder men to reduce the ward constables to one, such circular could not have been legally considered at a ward meeting, the Act requiring that it should undergo consideration at a wardmote. St. Thomas's Day would, therefore, supply a very fit and proper opportunity for entertaining the question. after which application might be made to the Court of Al dermen according to the form prescribed by the Act, when the subject, which was one of great importance, might be considerd in all its bearings. From a conversation which took place it appeared that there is no truth whatever in a statement which appeared in a Morning Contemporary a few days ago, to the effect that Irishmen were to be rejected from the new City police force. A petition of some of the ancient City watchmen, solicit. ing small pensions now that they are ineligible on account of age was referred to a Committee. Mr. JONES presented a petition from Mr. Ross, of Cha tham-place, Blackfriars, praying that the Corporation would not oppose itself to the contemplated improvement of Hol born Hill, by making a viaduct, &c., there. The petition was finally referred to the London Bridge Committee. Mr. BAYLIS moved—" That any measure having for its object the opening of the Post-office for business on the Sunday would be productive of serious inconvenience, hardship, and deprivation to many of the citizens and in habitants of London, as well as to the officers of the establishment, and would be offensive to the religious and moral feelings, and adverse to the social comforts and order, of a large portion of the metropolitan community, and, therefore, would not be consistent with a just, wise, or liberal policy." It would be well for the Corporation to express a strong opinion on the subject, which might materially assist in preventing any future proceedings of the kind that had been so generally apprehended.--( Hear.) Mr. ANDERTON said that he considered it quite unne cessary to persevere with the motion, and moved the pre vious question. Several members of the Court having deprecated in strong terms the proposed change, Mr. Anderton withdrew his amendment, and the motion of Mr. Baylis was carried. LAW - 1N TELLIoECE. COURT OF C --um.- HANCERY, Dao. 18. IN THE MATTER OF JEPSON, AN ALLEGED LUNATIC. An application was ma d e a short time since for a new commission to inquire into the state of mind of Mr. Jepson, on the ground that the Jury had not come to a satisfactory conclusion in a former inquiry, and that there was sufficient evidence, corroborated by intermediate termediate acts, to lead to the conviction that he is capable of managing his own affairs. His Lordship, after considerable discussion, thought that a case had been made out to lunaticjy to o so l rTe further in quiry, and directed the supposed be examined by a medical gentleman acquainted with cases of unacsoyie.ddedDtro. Sutherland was accordingly applied to,arpdrehseenptrorec Gloucester, where the alleged lunatic huissn.ftder. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL this morning renewed his plication, and. relied principally on the report of D r . §-Pu therland of the interview he had with Mr. Jepson, the direction of the Court. The Learned Gentleman hav ing read the report, proceeded to observe that it co rn _ pletely justified the application for a new commission, when coupled with the fact that the Jury on the former in quiry had not ventured to say that Mr. Jepson was capable of managing himself or his affairs, but merely that he was of sound mind. Mr. STUART, on the same side, read affidavits. Sir F. Pouocx and Mr. IticHAnns, on the other side, maintained that the result of the finding of the Jury in March last was conclusive with respect to Mr. Jepson's sa nity, and that the present proceedings were instituted by Mr. Arthur Jepson from a desire to get possession of Mr. John Jepson's property, which amounted to a sum of only 7,0001. The first inquiry had cost full 1,306/., and that, too, without the production of any evidence in favour of Mr. Jepson's insanity. A:second inquiry would probably cost twice as much, and it was a ma tt er o f ver y grave consideration whether the Court, in such a doubtful case, would be justified in inflicting such a ruinous expense on the estate, particularly when it was proved that th,-! property of Mr. Jepson was under the protection of Mr. Maynard, Colchester, Mr. Phillpotts, and Mr. \lizard, who were his trustees, and whose affidavits spoke confidently of his sanity after an acquaintance of a number of years. Mr. Jepson, since the inquiry in March, had married a lady of irreproachable character ; he was moving with her in highly respectable society ; he enjoyed all the comfort and protection which his fortune entitled him to expect, and much more than he could possibly obtain if a verdict of a Jury confined him under the sanction of the Court to the precincts of a madhouse. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL replied, and contendedth at the trustees who had been managing the property were deeply interest in the result of the inquiry. The LORD CHANCELLOR asked for the terms of the settlement made on the marriage of Mr. Jepson. Sir F. PoLLocx said that the parties were quite willing to produce that settlement, and all other documents con nected with the property. His LORDSHIP directed them to be produced, and took time to look into the affidavits before he gave an opinion on the petition. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH—DEC. 18. SANDYS V SANDYS, BART. This was a proceeding adopted with a view to try the question whether the right to present to certain fellowships and scholarships in Peterhouse College Cambridge, was in the plaintiff or the defendant. Sandys, Archbishop of Yotk, who died in 1585, established these fellowships and scho larships, and the College itself has an alternate right of presentation with the family of the founder. The plaintiff, who now practices as a surgeon at Kentish-town, claimed as the representative of the third son of the Archbishop, and it was alleged that the defendant claimed only as the representative of the fourth son. The plaintiff made out his case, and the defendant's Counsel then stated that they were not at present prepared to contradict, in consequence of which a verdict was taken for the plaintiff, subject to a motion on several objections taken in the course of the evidence. PREROGATIVE COURT'._Dsc. 18, WOOD AND OTHERS V. GOODLAKE, HELPS, AND OTHERS, The arguments in this case were resumed, and will oc• cupy the Court for some days more. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW- STREET. Thomas Plowman, a tailor, was brought up by Ballard, the officer, charged on suspicion with breaking and enter ing the house of Mr. Ratcliffe, of Brick hill, Fenny Strat ford, Bucks, and stealing several articles. • It appeared that on the night of the lath inst. the pro secutor's house, which had been broken into some months back, had been entered and a considerable sum of money was taken away, which caused him to offer a reward of 101. for the apprehension of the offender. On making search next morning a number of sheets, with a quantity of provisions, were discovered in the fields about the house, and as a pair of boots which belonged to the prisoner, covered with mud, were also found, this, coupled with his absconding at the time of the robbery, caused him to be sus pected, and he was taken into custody. The prisoner is the husband of the prosecutor's cook, and had been fre quently employed doing jobs about the house, and went oc casionally to sleep there, but no suspicion was attached to him, notwithstanding his idle habits, until he absented himself. Mr. Miss Hum, inquired if there was any likelihood of obtaining any further evidence upon the case, and being in formed that a few days inquiry would throw much light upon the subject, and as the extent of the robbery was not yet ascertained, he ordered the prisoner to be remanded for a week. MARYLEBOIVE. A man named Norton, who has been carrying on busi ness as a tailor in Tottenham Court-road, was yesterday fully committed for trial from this office on a charge of having extorted various sums of money from a metropolitan clergyman, under a threat of accusing the Rev. Gentleman of an unnatural offence. Prosecutor stated that he had for several years employed the prisoner in the way of business, and that some time ago prisoner had threatened to charge him with the offence in question, unless he gave him money. Being alarmed at the idea of such an accusation, although totally without foundation, prosecutor had at various times given him money to the amount of fifteen pounds, till he became so importunate that prosecutor had disclosed the matter to his friends, under whose advice he was now acting. The prisoner denied having threatened prosecutor in the manner referred to, and said whatever money he had received from the Rev. Gentleman had been merely in charity. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey. Ist Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Ensign F. B. Long, to be Captain, vice Sumner, promoted, Dec. 6. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. - - JOHN SCHOFIELD, licensed victualler, High-street, Shore • ditch. PEGGY HILLS WHITLOCK and JOHN TOWN, tavern. keepers, Leadenhall-street. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM SMITH, builder, Hoxton, to surrender Dec. 28, at two, and Jan. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, Basinghall-street, of f icial assignee ; Hooker, Bartlett's buildings, Holborn. GUSTAVUS CLARiE, ship-owner, Newton, Devonshire, Dec. 29, and Jan. 29, at twelve, at Street's Hotel, Exeter. Surr, Lombard-street, London ; Gilson and Moore, Plymouth. WILLIAM SKINNER, miller, Heathfield, Sussex, Dec. 29 and Jan. 29 at one, at the White Hart Inn, Lewes. Gell and Fullager, Lewes ; Palmer, France, and Palmer, Bedford-row, London. JOHN YOULE, victualler, Sheffield, Dec. 29 and Jan. 29, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Tattershall, Great James-street, Bed ford-row, London ; Palfreyman and Bingley, Sheffield. THOMAS GALLEMORE, victualler, Liverpool, Jan. 2 and 29, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Chester, Staple. inn, London ; Pritt, Liverpool. FREDERICK HENRY WEST, soda-water manufacturer, Walsall, Staffordshire, Dec. 29, and Jan. 29, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Wolverhampton. Dove, Somers'-place West, New-road, London; Barnett, Walsall. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Mallit, tailor, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Jan. 8, at half past twelve—H. Upward, wine merchant, Great St. Helen's, Jan. 10, at half-past eleven—J. Plimpton, merchant, Finsbury-square, Jan. 10, at twelve—M. Catlin, horse dealer, Blackman -street, Southwark, Jan. 10, at half-past twelve—S. Buttenshaw, tea dealer, Holborn-bridge, Jan. 10, at one—S. Parker, bronzist, Argyle place, Regent-street, Jan. 10, at half-past one—J. Grange, fruiterer, Piccadilly, Jan. 8, at twelve—T. Loud and T. Burgess, bankers, Sittingbourne, Kent, Jan. 8, at one—G. Burridge, fancy stationer, King William-street, Jan. 8, at eleven—B. Shirley, wholesale dealer in earthenware, Blackfriars-road, Jan. 9, at twelve—S. Thompson, tallow chandler, Upper Rathbone-place, Jan. 9, at eleven. _ In the Country. H. Brittain, innkeeper, Hessle, Kingston-upon-Hull, J an. 9 , at ten, at the Kingston Hotel, Kingston-upon-Hull—J. Coupland, factor, Liverpool, Jan. 8, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liver pool—W. Winfield, corn merchant, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, Jan. 11, at one, at the Six Bells Inn, Bury St. Edmund's—T. Stokes, innholder, Clevedon Hotel, Clevedon, Somersetshire, Jan. 11, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol—T. Bailey, saddler, East Redford, Nottinghamshire, Jan. 14, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, East Retford—J. S. Davies, ironmonger, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Jan 9, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Mon mouth--G. Birley, perfumer, Worcester, Jan. 16, at twelve, at the Bell Inn, Worcester—S. R. Wilmot, brewer, Bristol, Jan. 11, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES.—JAN. 8. G. Tonks, sen., S. Tonks, and G. Tonks, jun., lamp-manufac turers, Bordesley, Warwickshire—D. Davies, victualler, Manches- J. Lawrance, woollen warehouseman, Bucklersbury—W. Ashmore, optician, Sheffield—J. Rodgers, coach-maker, Chorlton-upon- Medlock, Lancashire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. 7NI. Bennet and W. F. Gilberd, maltsters, Kingebridge, Devon- Aire—G. and I. Sedgwick, linen manufacturers, Barnsley, York shire—R. Richardson, jun., and T. P. Pemberton, rope-makers, Liver pool—E. Campion and C. Head, plumbers and coppersmiths, Hexham, Northumberland—T. Ellison, J. T. Raynes, and W. Lupton, lime-burners, Liverpool—J. Pearson, H. Pearson, and T. Rhodes, cotton-manufacturers, Stockport, Chesahire (so far as re gards T. Rhodes)—R. Barker, E. Barton, H. Postlethwaite, W. Pearson, J. Owen, J. Ashburner, J. Lathbury, porter-brewers, Huyton, Lancashire—D. Paterson and A. Kay, jun., woollen drapers, Glasgow—C. R. Hickman and J. M. Derick, plumbers, Oxford—J. Woodhead and W. Hurst, architects, Doncaster—T. Loyd and T. Price, Manchester—J. Roberts and R. Lee, tool makers, Manchester—J. Bickerton, sen., and J. Bickerton, jun., hat - manufacturers, Castle-street, Southwark—J. Blackburn, and W. Rowlandson, bobbin-manufacturers, Stain ton, Westmoreland. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. COLL JAMES TURNER, wool merchant, Greenock, Jan. 3 and IS, at one, at the White Hart Inn, Greenock. Between three and four o'clock on Monday after noon, John Williams, a seaman, belonging to the schooner Ann and Elizabeth, of Barmouth, North Wales, was assist ing in raising some casks of yeast on board, from a lighter alongside, when, owing to the " can-books" slipping, one of the casks, weighing between seven and eight hundred weight, fell upon him from a height of between four and five feet. He was dreadfully crushed, particularly his left arm, which is completely smashed. He was removed to St. Thomas's Hospital in great agony, and remains in a very doubtful state. The acc►dent occurred in the clearing tier off Dockhead. FORGED ORDER. e Ltvh twenty t s y i x e T; E charge of obtaining 1 EXTENSIVEr ROBBERY BY MEANS OF A men asks o w f ho bu a t r t e er in , o e f u t s h to e dy va o l n ue th o e f one hundred from the wharf of Mr. Barber, of Brewer's , quay, Thanes -street, at Lambeth -street for -street, were brought up yesterday the case not being as yet further examination ; but, owing to manded until Thursday weernPlete, they were again re- FRAUDS ON THE R EVE NUL,Mrs. E mmerson , landlady of the Marquis of "----- Waterford's Arms Ta vern, in the Haymarket, a notorious ho use , was convicted at a for mer Court of Excise of selling win es and p license, which she had forfeited. Yesterday the Cou r t convicted the defendant in the full penalty o f 50 1 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1838. CONVENTION OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND THE SULTAN OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, WITH THREE ADDITIONAL ARTICLES THERE UNTO ANNEXED, Signed at Balta-Liman, near Con stantinople, August 16, 1838. ancient treaties, or the present treaty, to British merchan dise or British subjects. ARTICLE 11. All foreign goods brought into Turkey from other countries shall be freely purchased and traded in, in any manner, by the subjects of her Britannic Majesty, or the agents of the same, at any place in the Ottoman dominions ; and if such foreign goods have paid no other duty than the duty paid on importation, then the British subject or his agent shall be able to purchase such foreign goods on pay ing the extra duty of two per cent., which he will have to pay on the sale of his own imported goods, or on their transmission for sale into the interior ; and after that such foreign goods shall be re-sold in the interior, or exported, without further duty ; or should such foreign goods have already paid the amount of the two duties (i. e., the import duty and the one fixed interior duty), then they shall be purchased by the British subject or his agent, and afterwards re-sold or exported, without ever being submitted to any fur. ther duty. MONEY AND CITY NEWS. (1 , 11031 TNE 1410ItNIN• PAPERS OF THIS DAT.) TIM E S.—Another commercial Exchequer bill for 1,0001. bearing (the same as that adverted to yesterday) the rate of interest reduced to lkd. per diem, was offered for sale at the Stock Exchange this morning, but the purchase was declined unless at it considerable discount. It was then offered at the Bank of England, and on some plea or other, as it is under. stood, refused there also. It would appear. therefore, that if an error has been committed at the Treasury in regard to the issue of such bills, it is rather an extensive one, while the con clusion would be, on the other hand, that Mr. Spring Rice's experiment has failed, if he intended to make one on the strength of the market. Such bills, it is now clear, cannot be permitted to find their way into the general circulation. There cannot he any claim upon the Bank to help the Trea sury through in this matter, for the understood obligation to take commercial bills at par can only apply to those which bear the current rate of interest, and not to a new class of bills, at a lower rate, surreptitiously introduced : and as to the jobbers, who may be said in this to represent the monied interest, they absolutely reject them. By the advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4351 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 10f., and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13. 54., it follows: that gold is 2.31 per cent. dearer at Hamburgh than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 8 per milk, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.35, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.35, it follows that gold is the same price at Paris as in London. The course of exchange at New York on London is 109 per cent., and the par of exchange b,tween England and America being 109 23.40 per cent., •it follows that the ex change is 0.18 per cent. in favour of England. A sys'ern of fraud upon a large scale in the Manchester goods line has just been discovered, in which carious parties arc said to be implicated, both here and in that town. It ap pears that a dealer in what are technically called " fents " that is, the over-measure of plain and printed cotton piece goods, running from one to two yards each generally, and cut off the piece before sale to the retail dealer or exporter, who was in the habit of being supplied by certain persons here, received a few days ago a package from Manchester direct, purporting to be the same sort of article. On exa mination, however, his suspicions were excited on finding, by a comparison of the parts where cut off, that whole pieces of printed cloths had been divided into small lengths, so as to pass for " rents," and, moreover, that few or no " tabs" were to be seen ; the " tabs" being the ends of the pieces on which the printer's name and the place where printed are always stamped. On this discovery he communi nicated his suspicions to a man more conversant with the trade than he himself was, who not only confirmed his misgivings, but was able at once to identify the patterns and goods as the property of a Manchester trader who has lately appeared in the Gazette. Accompanying the ',Nile was a letter addressed to the party here ostensibly supplying the goods to the dealer. Notice was immediately given to the solicitors under the fiat, to whomthe letter was delivered up, which being forthwith forwarded to Manchester, has been, it is said, the means of detecting concealed property of the insolvent to the extent of several thousands of pounds there and in this city, exclusive of those of which, under the system of fraud just mentioned for disposing of them at such an enormous sacrifice, the creditors have been plundered besides. It is stated that shops had been opened in and about this city, and confederates placed in them, for the more prompt disposal of the goods thus iniquitously ac quired and concealed. On the exhibition of the intercepted letter to the principal actor in the scheme of fraud in Man chester, he is stated to have confessed all, and a messenger was expected here to-day to take the accomplices into custody and regain possession of such portion of the property abstracted as could be found. C HR 0 NIC L E.—E verything in the English Stock Market continues unchanged, both as regards the appearance as well as the quotations. Consols were last marked at 931 : to for the opening; and Exchequer bills at 63 to 65 prem. The circumstance of an Exchequer bill bearing a lower rate of duty than usual having been discovered in the market yester day, and about which our Contemporary of the Times makes so much fuss, appears to have arisen entirely from negligence in filling up the forms ; the motive attributed to the Govern ment by our Contemporary of wishing to introduce bills clan destinely at a lower rate being necessarily not entertained for a moment by any person of proper feeling. Shares, on the whole, are in the same state. The rates of Exchange are are again lower to-day, parti cularly upon Hamburg and Paris, in consequence of bills being in demand for transmission in payment for purchases of corn : these being in fact, with the exception of Odessa, the only two places where this necessary article can be procured, as we shall take an opportunity of explaining shortly, and this is only to a very limited extent, as well as of short duration, the export duty from France being expected to rise on the lit of January, when the average is struck, to a prohibitory rate. The rate of exchange in Paris, short, is 25 32 to 25 35 ; ditto Three Months, 25 55 to 25 57 ; Hamburgh, 13 7 ; Rotterdam 12 ; Vienna 10 6 ; Amsterdam 12 2i ; Leg horn 301; Trieste 10 7; and Madrid 361. The exportation of the precious metals from the port of London for the week ending Saturday last, the 15th instant, consisted, according to the official returns, of 250 ounces of gold bars, which were sent to Madras; 4,500 ounces of gold coin, and 75,975 ounces of silver coin. Of the gold coin, 2,280 ounces were forwarded to South Australia, 1,780 ounces to Madras, 325 ounces to Hamburgh, 100 ouncos to Mauritius, and 20 ounces to Bussorah. The silver was dis posed of as follows :-35,280 ounces to the West Indies, 20,000 ounces to Swan River, 8,700 ounces to Gibraltar, 8,150 ounces to Bussorah, and 3,845 ounces to South Aus tralia. HE RA LD.—The Money Market for commercial purposes presents no particular room for remark. Money still continues in demand, and on first-rate paper discounts are still effected at 3to 3i per cent. On the Stock Exchange money obtains 2f to 3 per cent, It appears from the commercial advices which have been re ceived from many cities of the Continent, that the value of money has lately been rather advancing, and particularly in Hamburg, where it now commend• 53- per cent., which city is the principal medium of commercial exchange with Odessa, and also the ports of the Baltic. It is also stated that silver coin is much in request on the Continent, which sufficiently accounts for the late and continued exportations of that de scription cf coinage from this country. The Continental exchanges have again exhibited a further downward tendency, and the absent' of bills on the Continent, in proportion to the extent of money, on 'Change this after noon, confirms our previous statements that the late and con tinued speculations in foreign corn are the main cause of this declension. There has been a continuance of the stability in the British Funds, to which we referred yesterday, without much business. The letters which have been received this morning by way of Marseilles from Alexandria, come down to the 28th ult. They state that the sailing vessel which had been forwarded to Cosseir with the Indian mail of the Ist ult. had not arrived, but that Mr. Waghorn anticipated it would reach that station in sufficient time to be in London about the Bth or 9th of January It was also anticipated that a steamer would leave Bombay for Suez at the end of November with the mails, and that it is probable they would arrive here on the 18th of January. The letters from Alexandria by this arrival are silent upon the state of the war in Persia. The letters which have been received from Antwerp eulo gise the Commercial Bank of Antwerp, which, according to the annual report, which has been published for the first time, appears to have been conducted with prudence, and to have proportionably prospered. The capital of that Institution amounts to 5.000,000 francs, divided into 5,000 shares, upon which they have declared a dividend of 30f. sc. each, after deducting expenses, liabilities, and " rest," as well as interest. It was also resolved to increase the capital in the sum of 5,000,000 francs, by an issue of 5,000 shares, at a premium of 20 per cent. (From last Night's Gazette.) CONVENTION APPENDED TO THE CAPITULATIONS GRANTED TO GREAT BRITAIN BY THE OTTOMAN PORTE, AMENDING AND ALTERING CERTAIN STIPULATIONS THEREIN CONTAINED, AS REGARDS THE COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF THE TWO COUNTRIES. During the friendly intercourse which has happily subsisted so long between the Sublime Porte and the Kings of Great Britain, capitulations granted by the Porte, and treaties con cluded between the two Powers, have regulated the rates of duties payable on merchandise exported from and imported into the dominions of the Sublime Porte, and have established and declared the rights, privileges, immunities, and obligations of British merchants trading to or residing in the Imperial territories. But since the period when the above.ipentioned stipulations were last revived, changes of various kinds have happened in the internal administration of the Ottoman em pire, and in the ex t erna l re l at i ons o f t h at empire with other powers; and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Highness the Sultan, have therefore agreed no ,v to regulate again, by a special an d additional act, the comme rc i a l i ntercourse o f their subjects, in order to increase the trade between their respective domi nions, and to render mere easy the exchange of the produce of the one country for that of the other. They have conse quently named for their plenipotentiaries for this purpose, that is to say :—Her Mak>sty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain end Ireland, the Right Hon. John Brahazon Lord Ponsonby, Baron of Imokilly, a Peer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and L eland, Knight Grand Cross of the Must Honourable Order of the Bath, of the Nishan of Honour, &c., her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary, a n d Plenipotentiary at the Sublime Porte, &c. ; and his Highness the Sultan, the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Vizir Mustapha Reshid Pasha, Minister for Foreign Affairs, bearing the decoration belonging to his high rank, a Knight Grand Cress of the Legion of Honour of France, &c. ; the Excellent and Most Distinguished Mustapha Kianee Bey, a Member of the Supreme Council of State, Assistant to the Prime Minis ter, President of the Council of Agriculture end Industry, a Minister of State of the first class, bearing the two decora tions belonging to his offices, &c. ; and the Excellent and Meat Ustinguished Mehemed Nouree Effendi, a Councillor of State in the department for Foreign Affairs, bearing the Nishan of Honour cf the first class, &c., who, after having communicated their respective full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the fol lowing articles : ARTICLE I. All rights, privileges, and immunities which have been con. ferred on the subjects or ships of Great Britain by the existing capitulations and treaties, are confirmed now and for ever, ex cept in as far as they may be specifically altered by the present convention; and it is moreover expressly stipulated, that all rights, privileges, or immunities which the Sublime Porte now grants, or may hereafter grant, to the ships and subjects of any other foreign Power, or which it may suffer the ships and sub jects of any other foreign Power to enjoy, shall be equally granted to, and exercised and enjoyed by, the subjects and ships of Great Britain. ARTICLE 11. The subjects of her Britannic Majesty, or their agents, shall be permitted to purchase at all places in the Ottoman do minions (whether for the purposes of internal trad e or exporta tion) all articles, without any exception whatsoever, the pro duce, growth, or manufacture of the said dominions; and the Sublime Porte formally engages to abolish all monopolies of agricultural produce, or of any other articles whatsoever, as well as all permits from the local Governors, either for the purchase of any article, or for its removal from one place to another when purchased; and any attempt to compel the sub. jects of her Britannic Majesty to receive su c h permits from the local Governors shall he considered as an i n f ract i on of treaties, and the Sublime Porte shall immediately punish with severity any Vizirs ar d other officers who shall have been guilty of such misconduct, and render full justice to British subjects for alt injuries or losses which they may duly prove themselves to have suffered. ARTICLE 111. If any article of Turkish produce, growth, or manufacture be purchased by the British merchant or his agent, for the purpose of selling the same for internal consumption in Turkey, the British merchant or his agent shall pay, at the purchase and sale of such articles, and in any manner of trade therein, the same duties that are paid, in similar circumstances by the most favoured class of Turkish subjects engaged in the internal trade of Turkey, whether Mussulmans or Rayahs. ARTICLE IV. If any article of Turkish produce, growth, or manufacture, b , purchased for exportation, the same shall be conveyed by the British merchant or his agent , f ree o f any kind of charge or duty whatsoever, to a convenient place of shipment, on its entry into which it shall be I able to one fixed duty of nine per cent., ad valorem, in lieu of all other interior duties. Subsequently, on exportation, the duty of three per cent., as established and existing at present shall be paid. But all articles bought in the shipping ports for exportation, and which have already paid the interior duty at entering into the same, will only pay the three per cent. export duty. ARTICLE V. The regulations under which firman s are issued to British merchant vessels for passing the Dardanelles and the Bospho rust shall be so framed as to occasion to such Vessels the least possible delay. ARTICLE VI. It is agreed by the Turkish Government, that the regula• tions established in the present convention shall be general throughout the Turkish empire, whether in Turkey in Europe or Turkey in Asia, in Egypt, or other African possessions be longing to the Sublime Porte, and shall be applicable to all the subjects, whatever their description, of the Ottoman do minions; and the Turkish Government also agrees not to ob ject to other foreign powers settling their trade upon the basis of this present Convention. _ ARTICLE VII. It baying been the custom of Great Britain and the Su blime Porte, with a view to prevent all difficulties and delay in estimating the value of articles imported into the Turkish dominions, or exported therefrom by British subjects, to ap point, at intervals of 14 years, a commission of men well ac quainted with the traffic of both countries, who hare fixed by a tariff the sum of money in the coin of the Grand Seignior, which should be paid as duty on each article ; and the term of 14 years, during which the last adjustment of the said tariff was to remain in force, having expired, the high contracting parties have agreed to name conjointly fresh Commissioners to fix and determine the amount in money which is to be paid by British subjects, as the duty of thre e p er cent. upon the value o f a ll commo dities imported and exp or t e d b y t h em; and t h e sa id Commis sioners shall establi s h an equ i ta b le arrangement f or estimating theinterior duties which, by the present treaty, arc estab lished on Turkish goods to be imported, and shall also deter mine on the places of shipment where it may be most conve nient that such duties should be levied. The new tariff thus established, to be in force for seven years afte r it h as b een fi xe d, at t h e en d o f w hi c h timeit shall be in the power of either of the parties to demand a revision of that tariff; but if no such demand be made on either side, within the six months after the end of the first seven years, then the tariff shall remain in force for seven years more, reckoned from the end of the preceding seven years, and so it shall be at the e n d o f eac h succes sive period of seven years. ARTICLE VIII. • The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Constantinople within the space of four months. In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed their seals thereunto. Done at Baits- Liman, near Constantinople, on the 16th day of August, 1838. (L.S.) PONSONBY. (Signed in the Turkish original.) (L.S.) MUSTAPHA RESHID. (L.S.) MUSTAPHA KIANEE. (L.S.) MEHEMED NOUREE. ADDITIONAL ARTICLES. Certain difficulties having arisen between the Ambassador of her Britannic Majesty and the Plenipotentiaries of the Sublime Porte, in fixing the new conditions which should regulate the commerce in British goods imported into the Turkish domi nions, or passing through the same in transit, it is agreed be tween his Exdellency the British Ambassador and the Pleni potentiaries of the Sublime Porte that the present convention should receive their signatures, without the articles which have reference to the above-mentioned subjects forming part of the body of the said convention. But at the same time it is also agreed—the following ar ticles having been consented to by the Turkish Government— that they shall be submitted to the approbation of her Ma jesty's Government, and should they be approved and accepted by her Majesty's Government, they shall then form an inte gral part of the treaty now concluded. The articles in question are the following : ARTICLE I. All articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its depen dencies, and all merchandise, of whatsoever description, em barked in British vessels, and being the property of British subjects, or being brought over-land, or by sea, from other countries by the same, shall be admitted, as heretofore, into all parts of the Ottoman dominions, without exception, on the payment of three per cent. duty, calculated upon the value such articles. And in lieu of all other and interior duties, whether levied on the purchaser or seller, to which these articles are at pre sent subject, it is agreed that the importer, after receiving his goods, shall pay, if he sells them at the place of reception, or if he sends them thence to be told elsewhere in the interior of the Turkish Empire, one fixed duty of two per cent., after which such goods may be sold and re-sold in the interior, or exported, without any further duty whatsoever being levied or demanded on them. But all goods that have paid the three per cent. import duty at one port, shall be sent to another free of any fu r th er d uty, and it is only when sold there, or transmitted thence into the interior, that the second duty shall be paid. It is always understood that her Majesty's Government do not pretend, either by this article or any other in the p resent treaty, to stipulate for more than the plain and fair construc tion of the terms employed ; nor to preclude, in any manner , the Ottoman Go vernmen t f rom the exercise of its rights of internal administration, where the exercise of those rights does not evidently infringe upon the privileges accorded by MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of last Night.) SUGAR.—The British Plantation market has presented a tranquil appearance during the past week; grocers as well as refiners have purchased sparingly, but previous rates have been fully supported for both brown and yellow descriptions; the purchases have amounted to only 1,300 hltds and trs, the principal part of which has been taken on speculation, the de liveries since last Tuesday have been large exceeding those of the corresponding period of last year. This afternoon there were three public sales, two of Barba does consisting of 253 hhds, 3 trs, 40 brls, and one of 320 hhds, 3 trs, 94 brls St. Lucia ; the former went without spirit, but all found buyers, good and fine descriptions 6d a is under late rates, whilst low and mid sorts brought full prices, fine sold at 66s to 66s 6d, good 65s to 65s 64, good mid 64s to 64s 6d, low mid and mid 623 to 63s 6d, ord 59s to 61s, one lot very inferior 563 6d ; the latter was an inferior parcel, the principal part of which was da maged, it sold heavily at prices lower; except for good and fine grocery, which brought previous rates—low and good brown went at 51s to 545, fair and mid yellow 553 to 58s, good and fine 61s to 65s ; altogether the market was very dull, and by private contract not 100 hhds were actually sold, but importers generally are not inclined to submit to lower prices at present. The stock of West India Sugar is now 30,304 bite's and trs, being 12,166 more than last year. The stock of Mauritius is now 56,962 bags, which is 24,930 more: than last year. The delivery of West India last week was 2,859 hhds and trs, which' j is 1,534 more than last year. The delivery of Mauritius was 4,595 bags, being 1,665 more than the con, e pondi ng week of last year. The " Gazette" average price is now 34s 81d, against 40s 7icl_in 1837, and 34s 4d in 1836. , . Macarnes.—The — rates previously established have been fully supported, but there has been only a limited business doing privately ; at public sale, 4,318 bags sold at 60s 6d to 64s 6d for good to fine yellow ; the deliveries continue large ; for auction to-morrow 600 bags are declared. EAST INDIA.--Manilla has been sought after by the refiners who have been compelled to pay advanced prices, and the operations privately have been 5,000 bags at 22s a 24s 6d for low brown to good yellow. For Siam previous rates are required, but there has been only a limited business doing ; the grocers have manifested less anxiety to purchvse Bengal, but the supply continuing short they are compelled to pay pre vious rates ; some arrivals are near at hand. 111 bags at public sale sold at 66s a 68s 6d for fine, and 64s 6d per cwt, for middling white. Thi , afternoon 2,023 bags Bengal at auction were all sold at full prices, fine at 69s to 70s, good mid and good at 66s to 67s 6d, middling 64s 6d to 655, ordinary, 635, damps 57s 6d to 68s 6d, washed 56s to 65s per cwt. FOREIGN.—AII descriptions are held for full prices, and t he. I supply continues short and inatffrent, but there has been less' disposition evinced on the part of exporters to do business, 55° ' , the private purchases si n c e our l as t h ave b een limited in bo th Havannah and Brazil. REFINED. —The demand for home consumption has slack ened, and the transactions have been limited. In common ag* well as in the better descriptions, prices, however, re main &al' For shipping there has been nothi ng d o i ng , an d the price f° r double crushed is still uncer t a i n . Pi eces an d B a stards hav e been taken less freely, but previous rates have been maintained' The demand for treacle has been limited, but late rates have been supported. For 200 hhds Dutch Crushed, 32s 6cl bag been accepted. MoLassEs.----West India are held for full prices, but there has been only a limited business doing since our last, 3 1 e 32s has been obtained for fine Antigua. COFFEE.—Th e te ansact i ons have been limited ; 4 7 cas t ° Jamaica sold a t 95 s 6d a 1 03 s for good and fine fine tad. :- Mocha nothing doing ; the transactions in Ceylon have bee2p: some small parc e l s a t l ower rates. B raz il , 4,000 b a gs, a t , s ~ higher ; the prices range d from 40s to 46s for low good o r d fine ord calory ; St. Domingo is held for advanced rates; public sale 270 bags brought 43s 6d for good ord. This afternoon the p u bli c sa l es were important, and C° :; sisted of 6,021 bags Ceylon, 160 b ags Mysore, 62 cagli g i - eg bags West India, 2,055 bags St. Domingo, and 100 be . Mocha; the St. Domingo sold w ith sp i r it at an a dvance of tit; good ord pale mixed brought 44s a 44s 6d; the Ceylon vra' A f good parcel and scent off better than was expected. about hod found buyers at prices 2s under those of the last auction , g e . A. ord went at 95s to 96s Gd, fine ord coloury 97s to 97 81;- , fine fine ordinary 98s 6d ; a large parcel of good ordinary.' f e et bought in and withdrawn at 975. The Mocha was taken 1n r 100 s for good yellow clean garbled. My sore so ld at 8 25 ° fine ordinary green. B. P. was nearly all taken in. a pd COCOA. —There has been n o i m p rovement i n the den' for British Plantation, but importers have refused to sde e/1 to lower prices. Foreign is held firmly at 36s a 378. e s RI7III, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—For Rum there boosted a fair demand, and rather higher p r i ces h ave been ebt ai % ; for strong Jamaica ; other sorts h a ve b roug ht p re vious pri ce er of Leewards 300 puns have sold, proofs at 3s 41d, 3 to !Ito cent over at 3s Gd to 3s 7d, 30 t o 33 over 4 s lld to 59, 36 38 38 ova'. 5a Id to 5s 2J ; the t ransac ti ons i n J a maica " - o r been 250 puns 30 t o 32 over a t 5 s to 5s I d , 34 to 3 7 e', Sc 2d to 5s 3d ; B ran dy con ti nues d u ll o f sale ; no farther re duction in prices has been submitted to.:Geneva—buyers h a v ; be en compelled to pay late rates. For British Corn Sp irl the price lies advanced to 103 6d. sr a TALLOW.—There has been a fair business doing in P. -• for consumption during the last few days. at 59s for first cl e , - ; lity. For delivery in the three first months of n ext year te same price is demanded, hut there are not many buyers. os INDlGO.—Holders refuse to sell, except at an advance last sale's prices of Is 3d per lb. FRUIT.—In the prices there is little alteration to notice . . a li s a s there is still a fair demand for all descriptions. In P at , r h e Currants the business done of late has been extensive, and 10 , buyers appear to have supplied thems e l ves f or th e present the holders, however, still show a di s p os iti on t o ra i s e the pil e Zante and Cephalonia being now held for 735. RICE. —There are ready buyers of Bengal at 10s other kinds are held for high prices, but there is not mu" mand. Carolina at the late advanced rates. ° f SALTPETRE. —Rough at full prices, but the short su r . 0 , market has restricted business ; by private contract sanys. Calcutta 19+ to 6 per cent. refra c ti on h ave b ee n made at is to 253 6d, 5 to I per cent 25 s 6d t o 26 s an d 26 s 6d, very fi,e.fpo held for 275. British Refi ne d at i m p rove d p r i ces , 31s has u`" paid This for hlids and 31s 6d for brls. r stir afternoon 107 bags Calcutta at auction sold a t e .. prices—refraction 91- per cent very fine quality at 270, i) fracted 25s 6d per cwt. Ong OILS.-.-A steady demand for common Fish Oils, P re , for rates have been obtained for Seal and Southern, E n s ,i s g . Cod rather lower prices have been accepted, isles ba been made at 331 ; at public s a le 80 tu ns ordinary so gB3l. Southern sold 251. a 271. per tun. Sperm at 8 21 ' tioas for first quality. Linseed at 27 s a 27 s 3d. Rape, at P re ' b ea rates. Olive has sold more freely and better prices bale obtained for pol. Pam 46s per cw SPICES. Galli —For Nut i l megs rather lower t. prices have bee nll o, c' cepted. Mace is held fi rm ly. Fi ve cas k s a t auction lt,b`er taken in at 2s lad to 3s fo r or d secon d s . Bl ac k Pepper, 1; e 0, better prices obtained. In Pimento previous rates have maintained. Cassia Lignea is held firmly. TEA.—Buyers continue to purchas e sparingly of both Mick and green descriptions, but under last sale's prices ther e still no sellers. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. _......--•"... a se > Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. I Beano. Pe ~....... Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s, to s. s. to s. S' ..' Boston 62 66 29 30 19 23 39 4 1 --- "''. Gainsborough — 66 31 _, 23 44 —"" .., Grantham Grimsby ... 6O 66 28 3t 18 28 38 41 / '..„, " Horncastle 42 71 32 37 20 24 36 "!,, '''.. Lincoln.., st 70 26 31 18 26 40 "„ __.-- Spalding - "-* Stamford 4B 71 28 33 21 25 36 4. ..... ... York 5O 70 26 34 24 26 32 41 -- IRISH MARKETS. .KET NOTE for the WEEK IEG 14 :NDING ARTICLE 111. No charge whatsoever shall be made upon British goods (such bting the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United Kingdom or its dependencies, or the growth, produce, or manufacture of any foreign country, and charged in British vessels and belonging to British subjects, passing through the straits of the Dardanelles, of the Bosphorus, and of the Black Sea, whether such goods shall pass through those straits in the ships that broug'it them, or are transhipped in those straits, or, destiNed to be sold elsewhere, are landed with a view to their being transferred to other vessels (and thus to proceed on their voyage) within a reasonable time, All merchandize imported into Turkey for the purpose of being transmitted to other cour.tries, or which remaining in the hands of the importer, shall be transmitted by him for sale to other countries, shall only pay the duty of three per cent. paid on importation, and no other duty whatsoever. Done at Balta -Liman, near Constantinople, 16th day of August, 1838. (L. S.) PONSONBY. (Signed in the Turkish original.) (L.S.) MUSTAPHA RESHID, (L.S.) MUSTAPHA KIANEE (L.S.) MEHEMED NOUREE, OFFICIAL NOTE DELIVERED TO LORD PONSONI3Y BY Ills EX CELLENCY NOI'REE EFFENDI, ON THE 27TH OF AUGUST, 1838, RELATIVE TO THE 2D ARTICLE OF THE PRECEDING CONVENTION. (Translation.) It is stipulated by the 2d article of the treaty of commerce, concluded b. twen the Sublime Porte and the British Govern ment on the 25th Djemaziul-evvel, 1254 (16th August, 1638). that English merchants arc at liberty to purchase all kinds of merchandise in the Ottoman empire. But in order that the right of English merchants to sell within the Ottoman empire, or to export, the merchandise which they may purchase, may not be liable to misconception, the embassy of her Britannic Majesty has desired that an ex planation should be given on this point, either in the treaty itself, or in a special note. The meaning of the passage, of which an elucidaticn is re quested, is clear, from the relation which the subsequent points in the 2d article bear to each other. But we, nevertheless, repeat that English merchants may, in virtue of the treaty, purchase within the Ottoman empire all kinds of merchandise, may, if they think proper, send the same abroad after having paid the duty thereon stipulated by the treaty, or may, if they think fit, re-sell the same within the Ottoman empire, on conforming to the arrangements established by the said treaty with reference to internal commerce. Such are the arrangements of the treaty ; and we give this explanation to the Ambassador, renewing to his Excellency the assurances of our sincere and perfect friendship. The 7th Djcmazicl-akir, 1254 (27th August, 1838.) DECLARATION AGREED UPON AND SIGNED BY THE RESPECTIVE PLENIPOTENTIARIES UPON THE EXCHANGE OF TIIE RATIFI- CATIONS OF THE PRECEDING CONVENTION. Whereas it appears, on examining the English translation of the Bth article of the Turkish original of the treaty signed at Balta-Liman on the 16th of August, 1838, that certain wcrds are inserted in that article, in the Turkish language, which have no equivalentiwords in the English original of the same article of that treaty signed by the British Plenipoten tiary—these words being to the effect that the treaty is not to come into operation until the Ist day of March, 1839; and whereas it is desirable to prevent all doubts which might arise in consequence of the difference between the texts of the English and Turkish originals of the treaty ; it is hereby de clared to be the understanding of the Plenipotentiaries on both sides, that the treaty aforesaid shall begin to have effect on the Ist day of the month of March, 1839. It is further agreed and declared,—the Turkish text of the first of the three additional articles containing the words "overland or by sea," and the words "or by sea" having been omitted in the English text, but having been intro duced into her Britannic Majesty's ratifications,—that these words shall be considered as having the same force and validity as if they had been inserted in the original articles signed by the British and Turkish Plenipotentiaries re spectively. Done at Calender, on the 16th day of November, 1838. (L. S.) PONSONBY. (Signed in the Turkish original) (L. S.) MUSTAPHA KIANEE, (L. S.) MEHEMED NOUREE. An inquest was held yesterday at St. George's Hospital on the body of a young married woman, named Clarkson, far advanced in pregnancy, who was literally roasted to death, her clothes having caught fire. Deceased was a sober, industrious woman, and it is supposed that she had fallen against the grate in a fit, as she was subject to these visitations. Verdict—" Accidental death." On Monday, George Day, a young man of respect able appearance, was fully committed for trial from Lam beth -street office on a charge of obtaining cloth from two different shops in the vicinity of Holborn, by representing he had been sent by Mrs. Armstrong, who keeps a tailor's shop in Ratcliffe-highway. Mrs. Armstrong, with whom it appeared the prisoner had formerly lived as an appren tice, denied having sent him to the shops of the prosecu tors, and the pawnbrokers with whom the prisoner had pledged the property were in attendance, and produced it. Some of our readers might, perhaps, observe in The Su n and other London newspapers, some time since, a horrible account of the treatment which the slaves on board of a vessel captured in the West Indies by her Ma jesty's ship Snake, had met with before being cap tured. It was stated, that on the passage from Africa, the Captain, on account of a want or scarcity of provisions, had savagely murdered several slaves, salted their flesh, and fed the survivors with it. It turns out that the story is entirely fabulous. In consequence of directions from the Admiralty, the Commodore on the station made inquiry into the matter, and a special report was obtained from Captain Milne, the Commander of the Snake. He has reported that so far from there being either a want or any scarcity of provisions in the slaver when he captured her, there was abundance of all kinds of provisions, and in par ticular, that there was plenty of rice, beef, and pork. It appears that in the proceedings in the Jamaica Courts for condemning the vessel, two girls were brought forward by a certain party as witnesses who gave a statement to the above effect. There is reason to suppose that these wit nesses were adduced to serve a purpose wholly unconnected with the condemnation of the vessel. It is to be hoped, for the sake of humanity, that if the story in question is, as it seems to be, entirely fabulous, and got up in order to make an impression at home, the falsehood of it will be fully ex posed, and the author' or authors of it held up to public indignation,—Berwick Warder. On Monday a fellow was sent to Bridewell for one month from Guildhall, for feigning fits in the street to ex cite charity. Mr. Bradford, surgeon, of Fleet -street, dis covered the trick, and detailed some of the practices of this species of impostors. He said he had given wine and money to one impostor, who dyed his hands and face with walnut liquor or some other preparation so as to give him a pitiable, jaundiced, debilitated appearance. This fellow could invert his eyes and assume convulsive movements that might de ceive anybody ; but he played this trick off in various parts of the town, and was now known to be an impostor. He pleaded great distress, and always wanted a little money and to be sent home in a coach. " You should try bleeding with these people," said Sir Peter Laurie. Mr. Bradford said that had not escaped him, but on hearing of the lancet they always recovered. He one day found a woman who had imposed on him in the shop of another apothecary, with a mob at the door, and on proposing to cat all her hair off she instantly jumped up and knocked the scissors out off his hand. On Saturday an inquest was held at Lambeth on the body of an infant about a month old,. who died i n con sequence, as a medical gentleman positively swore, of the administration of a medicine called Godfrey's Cordial. He was perfectly satisfied that such was the cause of death, and said that the exhibition of the medicine required greater skill than is usually possessed by mothers. The mother of the infant stated that she had administered only half a teaspoonful. There was no label on the bottle as to what quantity ought to be given. The jury returned the following verdict—That the deceased died from convulsions produced from the administration of Godfrey's Cordial, given by the mother, but without the intention to destroy life. The Foreman and jury expressed their opinion in stronc , t er ms that no labels wer e pl ace d on ph i a l s i n which Godfrey's b Cordial was sold, and hoped that such would be done in all future cases. The Coroner said be perfectly agreed in such remarks. On Monday afternoon between three and four o'clock, as a labourer named George Wayman, employed on the Croydon Railroad at New Cross, was in the act of getting up behind two waggons filled with earth, his foot slipped, and the wheels of the last waggon, which contained up wards of three tons of earth, passed over his left foot. He was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital ; but for the thick boot he had on his foot must have been cut off. A good deal of excitement has been created in Fieldgate-street, Commercial -road East, and its neighbour hood, by the sudden and somewhat extraordinary as well as suspicious death of a middle-aged female, named Thomas, who lodged at No. 15, in the above street. Information of the circumstances has be en f orwarded to the Coroner, and an inquest appointed. DUBLIN MA - gc From . Tv A,",'"6 214 Wheat, per barrel 20 atone 36 6150 0 '` 0 0 Bere l6 stone 0 0 0 0 no Barley 180 Oats l4 stone l4 0 15 6 + 7 0 0 Flour, per cwt ... 8 EtJaiii — 0 —. 0 .°... 0 0 Oatmeal 8 stone — 0 0 -- sold to Bakers only. , 16,281 Cwt. Flour Average price of Wheat and Flour 58,. 4,1. per sack. 11 74: firsts Seconds Receipts of Flour, from l ..., Icl to 254. 01. 4. 2 , ,.. Sales of Do, 18,003 Tnirds - s• 4 , 0, from 10s. Od. to 12 4 PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf lld.l Half Quartern sl4d, CORK MARKETS.—Dec. 15. a tol ss ' (°. Wheat (per 205t.)...25s rd. to 44 , , 6(1.1 Oats (per 14st.) 85.0— 51 Q ' Barley (per 165t.)...14 3 22 0 1 Flour (per cwt,) l5 0 Oatmeal per cwt.) Beef, 4d. to 7d. ; Mutton, sd. to 6d. ; Veal, 4d. 0 ba. Pork, 4id. to sd. ; Fresh Butter, 10d. to 11d. per lb. PRICE OF BUTTER. To the Merchants. First Quality (12s Second BB Third Fourth Fifth Si Sixth To the Coant CLONNIELL MARKETS.—Dec. 15 a. Per Cwt s. 0. s. 0 New Butter B3 ot o 9o 0 Hid es ( raw ) tO 0 Oatmeal 12 0 12 3 B acon Pi gs 39 0 0 Rendered Lard 0 52 0 Heads 28 0 Per Bag. Flour, second 44 0 1 - --.Household...— 0 42 0 Per Bi Rapeseed 20 0 0 Bore 8 4 10 0 Per S , Wheat 1 8 00 oats 0 8 0 9 KILKENNY Od. to 345. Od. O 16 0 6 9 ti O 44 0 O 92 0 O 41 0 O 1 2 Flour, ' F lli u ir r d t s h . ; iii 0 0 .... ° Sa ° tarreL 15 6 j Barley 19 0 0 6 `Coals — 0 ;tone. 6 ° ITallow (rough) 4 0 0 4 j Potatoes 0 3 MARKETS. m to 6° ' bd. Beef (per 1b... ' ° 0 ' Os• - "' , 6 , Mutton - Pork Veal 0 5 1 0 . Fresh Butter . Salt Ditto Potatoes (per et.) 0 2 Wheat (perbarrel) 28s Barley l4 Opts Flour (per bag) 25 Butter (per cwt.) 9O Bacon Pigs ...... 40 Coals 1 - - - - SECOND-HAND PLATE PURCHAS-br Ler 1 , B. SAVORY and SONS, G o ld sm ith s , N o . 14, Corighl i l ot hers , don (opposite the Bank of England), i n f orm E xe cutors so u r ecd' wishing to dispose of Second-hand Plate, that, from 1)e sale, they can offer more advantage ous p r i ces than can " - ca sh, "", given by the Trade ; payment may either be received in the amount allowed in exchange for other silver O S ' DESSERT FRUIT KNIVES AND F° sort Plated i' 131 sc- 6 Steel Blades- f ll Plain ivory handles, silver ferrules, per do zen pa i r .. £ 3 3 `! 0 „ ) Carved ivory handles, silver ferrules, p er d ozen pair 3 1 3 ll id 014 " Plain pearl handles, silver ferrul es , p er dozen pair... 4 I o " 4 Carved pearl handles, silver ferrul es , per d ozen pa i r b 14 King's pattern or Queen's pattern, silver handles ... 0 11 T. COX SAVORY, Working Gold a n d Sil versm i t h , 47, C orn hill, London' N.B. A P ( am Se phlet ven Dconta ioors f ning a list of the pricesrom Gracechurch-stree a t. ) sa latV' r p Plated Goods, W a t c h es , Cl oc k s , & c ., may b e h a d gratis' • forwarded in answer to a post-paid application. BIRTHS. the Sq f ' At Stansteadbury, Herts, on the 14th inst., tli u •— il - 1 0 Fleming Dick, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, of a daughte r. Rol" On the 15th inst., at Kemsev, Worcestershire, the lady o'c land 11. Lenthal, Esq., of a son. e we, On the 15th inst., at East Barnet, the lady of G eorg Esq., of a daughter. , Georg e On the 16th inst., in Robert-street, Aolelphi, 1 " r " . Cates, of a daughter. 811cr is n' t- On the 16th inst., in Tavistock-place, the lady of - v - rar, Esq., of a son. On the 16th inst., at Moorgate-street, . Minter , jun., of a daughter. of r 'yr' Vulliao3/0 On the 17th inst., in Saville-row, thewife l *— 13 Lq., of a son. of a O n. M,Kellar, _ a _ op , At Battersea, on the 17th inst., the lady of Dr. Richards, ot sop' On the 17th inst., at Tottenham, Mrs. Wxn'_.,---- - Mrs. William MARRIED. gtoo, On Tuesday, the 18th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Faddin , to by the Rev. A. R. Ludlow, Mr. Thom as Ellis, of Shewetoett Miss Sarah Kesiah Dunn, daughter of Mr. W. Dunn, Wych-s Strand, London. Jo nah On the 18th inst., at St. Marylebone Church, Charles to second son of James Whatman, Esq , of Vinters, in Boon de Harriot Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Rear- Admiral Bar° Raigersfeld, of her Majesty's Navy. pieta Sr' On the ]Bth inst., at St. James's Church , pie',hter Henry Haes, of Thistle Grove, Brompton, to Jane, o nly da u b of the late Mr. Charles Moore, of Birmingham. ine 0 0 1; t o h f e th l e st l h 4t i h ns K t., in a g t ,s ß L ri i g g h h D t t o l n D E ,:th g e o , onfloo,na.n(CiCharles Abbott , f,,, °/ . youngest son of v.• ,;_sr l , a , i t .Rii e lgieth. L astom o : r u d L,tiyo T on e n :: ,w te o r an c i l n e t n ehl . ev rji, t he shiP no t v e r ni_ T risf , In October last, between the Bth and 21st, lost at sea in t d , 2 6, brien d, the q l • Escl • , 0 f Flu d y e r (8 - ;: s ta t ' r g e eE e t sfqr 'N o V 7t e i s il% t e m ioe i nm n l s ye i e l s r ot . no of I V Elsinore.al vi iamn i g t ! r ier a-. 11. Se- On the the 11th inst., at Glasgow, ' Eliza, the wife of r S , e . - , 2 a th nd in d s a t iTh i t n er G of io Jo ic h e n st l e , r u . r p ' l l l, e, Es e q Frances Horsfall, relict of the late Mr. Edmund Horsfall, forzec t ' of Mansion House-street. On the 13th inst a t aced 82, 3lrs. Thomson, widow of the 151° Mr. Thomson, of the New Grove, Mile-end. ,ker a7m o d i en C - a t On the 14th inst., at Hadleigh, Henry Alexander, Esq. , u son of Dy kes Alexander, Esq., of Ipswich, aged 4 9 . al ° On the 15th inst., at Rolls Park, Chigvvell, Isabella 1"101, wife of Cecil Fane, Esq. late go On the 15th inst., Francis James, only child of the James Gibbs, jun., of Whitehall yard. _ n London . Printed and Published by AIURDO Y OUNG O f s ot 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No 112, Strand, in the Ga /f Mt Dem* 19, 1831 i.